Transcribe a long WMA file from the old Windows recorder.
A long WMA file transcribes as one upload: a 6-hour recording is usually under 200 MB and comes back in about 12 minutes, and any WMA up to 10 hours or 5 GB fits in a single file. The first 20 minutes are free for a first-time visitor, and a $6 pack of 500 minutes covers the rest of a recording up to about eight hours.
Windows Media Audio, hours of it
The recording you kept since the Windows 7 days, finally readable.
Why it is a WMA
Windows Sound Recorder on Vista and Windows 7 saved its recordings as WMA, and many desktop dictation programs and older handheld recorders did the same. Files from those years tend to be long board meetings, family interviews and lectures that nobody had time to type.
Small, even at six hours
WMA at a voice setting of 32 to 64 kbps uses about 15 to 30 MB per hour, and a music setting of 128 kbps about 58 MB. Ten hours at the higher rate is still under 600 MB, so the 10-hour line arrives long before the 5 GB one.
Try it as it is
Drop the WMA into the box first. If the upload refuses the file, convert it to MP3 first with VLC or Audacity, keeping the same length, and upload the MP3. Only the audio minutes are counted either way.
A summary of the whole archive
Six hours of a recorded meeting comes back with a brief, chapters with timestamps, the names, figures and dates that were spoken, and a chat you can ask about any part. Speakers are named in the summary, the key quotes and the chapters.
Before / after
Old WMA files tend to meet new tools that ignore them.
✗ A format left behind
Long WMA files often sit on an old drive because the usual web tools only list MP3, M4A and WAV.
- WMA missing from a list of accepted types
- A converter that stops at the first hour
- Six hours typed by hand over two weeks
- A desktop player as the only way to search it
- Timestamps lost when the file is cut into parts
- A monthly plan for one archive job
✓ Upload once, read the day
The WMA, or an MP3 copy of it, goes up whole and returns as one document.
- A single file up to 10 hours or 5 GB
- Six hours ready in about 12 minutes
- One clock from the first word to the last
- Brief, chapters and quotes from the same run
- Six hours uses 360 of the $6 pack's 500 minutes
- Five download formats, DOCX among them
Sample
A long recorded meeting, as it reads back.
This sample is illustrative, written for this page, and not taken from any customer's WMA file. Times count up from the first second of the file.
Export
One transcript. Five clean formats.
Every pack exports all five — no format is held back for a higher tier.
Plain text
De-ummed paragraphs. Ready to paste.
SRT captions
Timed to the speech. Every video editor reads this.
WebVTT
HTML5 player + YouTube uploads.
Show notes
Formatted with chapters and pull-quotes.
Machine-readable
Timestamped text for your own tools.
Pricing
Honest pricing, no surprises.
A pack from $6 (500 minutes) opens the full transcript. After that, no subscription and no auto-renew — every tier is a one-time minute pack, and credits never expire. Buy once, use the minutes whenever you need them.
Casual pack
$6/500 min
8 hours of audio — $0.72 an hour. One-time — credits never expire.
- 500 minutes of audio
- All export formats
- Unlimited AI chat per transcript
- Executive summary & key quote
Best value
$12/2,000 min
33 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 2,000 minutes of audio
- Priority queue
- All export formats
- Unlimited AI chat per transcript
Bulk pack
$24/5,000 min
83 hours of audio — $0.29 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 5,000 minutes of audio
- Priority queue
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
Long WMA questions.
How long does a 6-hour WMA take to transcribe?
About 12 minutes once it has uploaded, at around 2 minutes per hour of audio. A WMA of that length is small, so the upload itself is usually quick even on a home connection.
What does a long WMA recording cost?
Six hours is 360 minutes and fits in the $6 pack (500 minutes), leaving 140 minutes on the account. A full 10-hour WMA is 600 minutes, which belongs on the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes. The pack is a one-time purchase whose credits never expire.
My WMA runs past 10 hours. What now?
Cut it into two files at a natural break, such as a recess, and upload both. Size will not be the problem: even at 128 kbps an hour of WMA is under 60 MB, far from the 2 GB that uploads before a pack.
Will the upload accept WMA, or do I convert it?
Try the original first. If the upload refuses the file, convert it to MP3 first in VLC (Media, then Convert/Save) or Audacity, then upload the MP3. Converting does not change the length, so it does not change the price.
Can the WMA be in a language other than English?
Yes, any of 99 languages, recognised without a setting. A recording that drifts between English and Tagalog in the same meeting is handled as spoken.
What can I download, and where does the audio go?
You can take it as TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT or JSON. Your WMA is transcribed on our own servers and is never used to train a model, and you can delete it and its transcript whenever you like.
Related
Other long formats and lengths.
Hours of WMA, one file. The opening 20 minutes are on the house.
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